The Diplomat

Incredible show insanely engaging i was hooked so strongly i finished the whole thing in less than three days. Does feel a bit toothless in how none of the characters are even close to how corrupt and evil actual current day American government is or the English. All the politicians and govt figures are flawed in a nuanced way that brings up that toothless feeling quite a bit. They kinda get there with Grace but don’t go far enough. Now this isn’t a criticism I felt harm my enjoyment of the show while watching it it’s more of a hindsight realization. Its a fun political drama that limply pokes at how rotten the real thing actually is but never quite penetrates the skin. The G7 walk out thing made me oddly sentimental and tear up mostly because of how far current reality and political figures are from taking any such moral stand so the show did manage to have an emotional impact in its own way.